World News | Too Early to Tell if Shootings Were Hate Crime: Officials
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Georgia officials say it's too early to determine whether the shooting that left eight dead at massage parlours in the Atlanta area was a hate crime.
Atlanta, Mar 17 (AP) Georgia officials say it's too early to determine whether the shooting that left eight dead at massage parlours in the Atlanta area was a hate crime.
The suspect, Robert Aaron Long, of Woodstock, Georgia, was questioned by officials and authorities said he had frequented parlours in the past and may have a potential “sex addiction.”
But officials wouldn't say whether the parlours where the shootings occurred were places where sex took place.
Long is accused in a series of shootings over nearly an hour at three Atlanta-area massage parlours that left eight people dead and raised fears that the attack was another hate crime against Asian Americans. Officials say he has admitted to the shootings but said they were not racially motivated.
They are still investigating.
The attacks began Tuesday evening, when five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlour near Woodstock, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Atlanta. Two people died at the scene, and three were taken to a hospital where two died.
Long was expected to be arraigned Thursday. (AP)
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)